On the heels of a report from the Office of the Inspector General (OIG), FSIS may start examining lymph nodes of cattle for the presence of Salmonella within the next five years.

New, web-based Label Submission Approval System will offer an alternative means to paper application submission, making label review process faster, cheaper, and more accurate

Generalizations are generally risky. But too often, celebrity doctors focus too much on the hypothetical and not enough on the things that actually make people barf. Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of The Dr. Oz Show, and Dr. Mike Roizen, chief medical officer at the Cleveland Clinic Wellness Institute wrote in a recent column that food safety is a big concern for North Americans.

A toddler is out of the hospital after a bout with E.coli. The one-year-old and his two-year-old brother were both hospitalized at Cincinnati Children's Hospital with the illness. They're from Robertson county. The boys' mother tells us the one-year-old was released Saturday.

KUWAIT -- The municipality has intensified its campaign of surprise inspection and search for expired food and products unfit for human consumption, the director general said yesterday. Ahmad Al-Sebeeh said in a statement that the efforts signal the start of the municipal authorities’ inspection program for the summer season which will cover all the state governorates.

Melinda Olson has given her 12-year-old son raw milk for years. When he walked away virtually unscathed from a serious bike accident last year, she credited his healthy diet of raw milk dairy products.

Abstract: Plant essential oils have previously been shown to exhibit antimicrobial activities against various microorganisms. In this study, cold pressed terpeneless Valencia orange oil (CPTVO) was examined at various temperatures (37, 10, and 4 °C) to determine its antimicrobial activity against 3 strains of E. coli O157:H7 recovered from beef products.

This would be a stirring endorsement for the Yosemite Sam mudflap industry if they existed for bikes. But mudguards are readily available and are being touted by Norwegian and Swedish researchers as a way to reduce the risk of gastroenteritis related to bicycle races over courses with animal feces and mud.